Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.

Quote by Richard Pryor

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Friends take up time, and I didn't have time.

Friends take up time, and I didn't have time.

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the...

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the...

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person...

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person...

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together...

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together...

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings ... and lawyers.

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings ... and lawyers.

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on...

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on...

I was an only child.

I was an only child.

What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.

What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.

Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow...

Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow...

Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been...

Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been...

There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.

There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.

I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing.

I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing.

I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.

I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.

I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female...

I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female...

I'm not for integration and I'm not against it.

I'm not for integration and I'm not against it.

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up...

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up...

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the...

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the...

If it looks like shit, smells like shit, and feels like shit, you don't have...

If it looks like shit, smells like shit, and feels like shit, you don't have...

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man...

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man...